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One young woman's story of resilience as she struggles to not lose herself to the madness that has taken root in her family tree.
About the author
Published author, speaker, podcaster, and founder of Madness To Magic, Paolina Milana's mission is to share stories that celebrate the triumph of the human spirit and the power that lies within each of us to bring about change for the better. Her professional background includes telling other people's stories, first as a journalist and then as a PR and digital marketing executive in both corporate and non-profit environments. She currently serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in foster care and as an empowerment coach, using storytelling to help people reimagine their lives, write their next chapters, and become the heroes of their own journeys. Paolina has won awards for her writing and creative campaigns, including her first full-length book
The S Word, which received the National Indie Excellence Award. Her self-help picture book for adults
Seriously! Are We There Yet?! will publish late 2020. Paolina is first-generation Sicilian, married, and lives on the edge of the Angeles National Forest in Southern California.
Summary
One young woman’s story of resilience as she struggles to not lose herself to the madness that has taken root in her family tree.
Foreword
• A robust advanced readers copies mailing to over 75 trade review publications, newspapers, women’s magazines and women's websites, family magazines and psychology/mental health & wellness media, organizations and clinics.
• Follow up to prior media publicity placements from The S Word (full list is attached).
• Coverage in publishing media, women’s magazines, family magazines and newspapers for reviews, interviews, including Publishers Weekly, O Magazine, Redbook, Parents magazine, Simple, Psychology Today, Family Circle, USA Today, Thrive, LifeHacker, and more, especially with these New York Times and NPR.
• Coverage in university alumni publications, such as Iowa State (since first part of book is set there)and Northern Illinois University alumni publication, which did an article on the first book.
• A robust online book and blog tour to include 100+ of highly influential book blogs that review non-fiction and popular mental health bloggers and family/caregiver blogs.
• Targeted regional print publications in author’s home state of Illinois: Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times, Daily Herald (they did a front page story for The S Word in 2015), Northwest Herald, LA Times, Orange County Register.
• Notification to local bookstores, writing clubs, mental health organizations, women’s issues course participants, to solicit potential readings, signings.
• Targeted mailings to librarians to encourage acquisition and participation in library readings.
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“Paolina lets the reader in, to both her heart and her mind, as she struggles to make sense of the madness all around her. This is a harrowing story told with generosity of spirit, and that is not easy to do.”
—Jennie Nash, founder and CEO of Author Accelerator
“Committed is a must-read for anyone struggling with mental illness, especially if, like Paolina, insanity has taken root in your family tree. This raw memoir brings to light the reality of madness—both in terms of what may surround us and that which may lurk within us.”
—Samantha Dunn, author of Failing Paris and Not By Accident
